Mamata Banerjee

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) will proceed with its proposed sit-in at Kolkata's Rani Rashmoni Avenue despite police refusing permission for the demonstration, party supremo Mamata Banerjee said on Monday. The protest is being organized…
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A day after Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was allegedly attacked, a meeting of the party's legislators at the residence of TMC chief Mamata Banerjee witnessed a poor turnout, with only 20 of the…
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Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged large-scale irregularities in the Bhabanipur counting process, describing her defeat to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari as a “stolen verdict” and an “unethical dirty game”…
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged irregularities in counting trends and urged Trinamool Congress workers to stay put at counting centres, claiming the numbers being shown were “fake” as the BJP opened up a…
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A tense face-off unfolded in Bhabanipur on Saturday as Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari held rallies barely 100 metres apart, triggering clashes between supporters of the two parties. The flashpoint…
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Politics in West Bengal is hard to discuss without referencing one of its most defining rivalries — Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee versus Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. What began as a mentor-protégé relationship within the…
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday met Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi to raise concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state ahead of the upcoming Assembly…
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday sharply criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state’s electoral roll, warning…
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The alleged gangrape of a second-year student at a private medical college in Durgapur, West Bengal, has triggered a political storm in the state, with the BJP targeting the ruling TMC government over alleged lapses in law and order. The…
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has condemned as “scandalous, insulting, anti-national, and unconstitutional” a Delhi Police letter dated August 3 that referred to Bengali (Bangla) as a “Bangladeshi language.” The remark sparked…
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